COMMENTARY: Why is this latest development generally being hailed as a scientific milestone rather than a giant ethical ...

The work proves that embryo editing is far from a clinical reality. But the experiment has sparked controversy nonetheless ...

Gene therapy has long promised to provide a solution for genetic blood disorders, but delivering on that promise has proven complex due to challenges including difficulties delivering the editing ...

Emerging gene editing platforms are revolutionizing precision medicine, enabling safe and effective genetic modifications for ...

The new experiment from Egli and his colleagues represent the first time this technique has been used to edit embryonic cells ...

It sounds like something straight out of a futuristic movie, but scientists may have just moved one step closer to making it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Juergen Eckhardt leads Bayer’s impact investment unit, Leaps by Bayer. Dr. David Liu, pictured with former lab members Holly Rees ...

The trajectory of base editing has been remarkable, progressing from the laboratory to patient care, treating debilitating or terminal illnesses, in less than a decade. A type of gene editing that ...

As in something out of science fiction, a team of researchers reached into the genome of a seven-month-old baby with a base editing therapy targeted specifically to repair his unique mutation. Time ...

In this talk in GEN’s “The State of CRISPR & Genome Editing” virtual summit, originally broadcast on June 11, 2025, Alexis Komor, PhD, Associate Professor at University of California San Diego and ...

D&D‑seq uses base editing to record DNA–protein interactions in single cells, enabling multiomics mapping of transcription ...

Base editing can correct the hearing-loss phenotype in mice harbouring a common mutation in the otoferlin gene. Shu and co-authors used adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) to deliver an ABE to target IHCs ...